Turkish HRC import volume up 12.4 percent in January-February

Thursday, 12 April 2018 15:51:14 (GMT+3)
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Istanbul

In February this year, Turkey's total hot rolled coil (HRC) imports increased by 3.14 percent year on year to 274,407 metric tons, down 26.3 percent compared to January, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). These imports had a value of $158.1 million, falling by 24.8 percent month on month and up 20.9 percent year on year.

In the January-February period of the current year, Turkey's HRC imports amounted to 646,665 mt, up 12.4 percent, while the value of these imports increased by 35.7 percent to $368.4 million, both year on year.

In the given period, Russia ranked first among Turkey's HRC import sources, with its HRC exports to Turkey amounting to 231,392 mt, down 34.8 percent year on year, followed by Ukraine which shipped 111,084 mt of HRC to Turkey in the given period.

Turkey's top HRC import sources in the January-February period are as follows:

Country

Amount (mt)

Jan-Feb

2018

Jan-Feb

2017

Y-o-y change (%)

February 2018

February 2017

Y-o-y change (%)

Russia

231,392

354,875

-34.80

87,388

165,796

-47.29

Ukraine

111,084

43,209

157.09

65,864

21,337

208.68

France

73,637

39,902

84.54

32,854

28,629

14.76

Netherlands

45,721

87

-

10,645

43

-

Germany

44,110

2,100

-

22,561

1,489

1415.18

Spain

32,996

5,453

505.10

4,957

2,264

118.95

Poland

20,199

-

-

1,909

-

-

Turkey's main HRC import sources in the January-February period are as follows: